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Ok this looks great but why not just call it a Headwind???

http://www.breitling.com/en/news/detail ... ic-44-3066

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An ever changing collection.....

Now with rubber! And off-colored lume. I'd be curious to see if the case and lugs are as flat as the old Headwind case --one of its few drawbacks. No par epargne silver dial, I'm guessing. Clearly a sport reiteration of the Headwind.

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Scott

AP Royal Oak 15400, silver
Zenith Chronomaster El Primero Classic Cars
Vintage gold Corum
Rolex DJ 36 TT, oyster dial, oyster/smooth
Baume & Mercier Riviera 200m, silver dial/aquamarine bezel
Breitling Superocean 57, rose/stainless

Also interesting is that it's 1mm thinnner than the Headwind.

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Scott

AP Royal Oak 15400, silver
Zenith Chronomaster El Primero Classic Cars
Vintage gold Corum
Rolex DJ 36 TT, oyster dial, oyster/smooth
Baume & Mercier Riviera 200m, silver dial/aquamarine bezel
Breitling Superocean 57, rose/stainless

Any idea of the retail on this one??

It's the same movement as the Transocean day-date so pricing should be similar

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Omega Planet Ocean Chrono
Tudor Heritage Chrono (blue)
Breitling Chronomat 44 GMT AB042011/C851/732P/A20D.1
Luminox Field Chrono

Just the same, why not call the Galactic series Cockpit? because in today's aviation the term Cockpit is considered sexiest. So by changing the series name it makes it more female friendly. So when you have a new series you need new names. This is just a guess of mine but it seems to fit..

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Omega Planet Ocean Chrono
Tudor Heritage Chrono (blue)
Breitling Chronomat 44 GMT AB042011/C851/732P/A20D.1
Luminox Field Chrono

Or perhaps they decided to call a completely different watch Cockpit? (and that watch looks nothing like the Cockpit that was discontinued a few years ago). Breitling naming conventions make no sense.

Saw the news release this morning, it's not a bad watch, but it's no Headwind

The case and lugs do have more of a curvature like the Cockpit model. It wears very well, kinda like a thinner (14.3mm) and lighter (104g) Chronomat case. I like this case design better than the Headwind.

Some real life shots from a few weeks ago:

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Montbrilliant 1903
Aerospace E79362

I love it. Breitling deserve some credit on this one: they've listened to the complaints about the bezel. The vintage lume looks great and it's a well balanced dial. I'm a fan.

USD6,200 before taxes, in US on Pilot bracelet.

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I'm surprised they went back to screw on tabs. So many get bent on the old style. But the slight redesign on them, they look stronger and since they are behind the crystal ring, they might not get caught.

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Omega Planet Ocean Chrono
Tudor Heritage Chrono (blue)
Breitling Chronomat 44 GMT AB042011/C851/732P/A20D.1
Luminox Field Chrono

r u sure, Wes ? Surprised, as EU prices w/o taxes are "only" around $5.4k ?
would be atypical.

Price comes up $6200 on Breitling's USA Website when purchase with Pilot bracelet. When you outfit it with the Black Military strap the price is $4920! I guess it all depends on how you "build it".

"built" it w/ the bracelet; on the Military it's around $4.3k here; a surprising change.

I like the look of this one, can't build it on the Breitling site for Canada yet so not clear on the pricing. I like the military strap as well.